Patents by Inventor Fumihiko Aoki

Fumihiko Aoki has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7450910
    Abstract: A power supply system capable of supplying power from a power transmitter to a power receiver in an electrically non-contact manner, in which a power transmission module is attached to the power transmitter and a power reception module is attached to the power receiver. The power transmission module has a plurality of transmission-side coils for transmitting power and a plurality of transmission-side switches for turning on/off operation of the transmission-side coils. The power reception module has a plurality of reception-side coils for receiving power, a plurality of reception-side switches for turning on/off operation of the reception-side coils and, further, has a determination circuit for performing control so as to operate any of the transmission-side coils and any of the reception-side coils in a combination realizing highest power transmission efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Fumihiko Aoki
  • Publication number: 20070080940
    Abstract: One embodiment of a remote control system according to the invention includes: a remote control transmitter including a light-emitting element control unit that emits light-emitting element that emit position detection light signals; a remote control receiver including a light-reception signal processing unit that detects position detection reception signals from the position detection light signals, an output detection unit that performs waveform conversion on the position detection reception signals to obtain output signals as position detection output signals, and an arithmetic processing unit that calculates a displacement of the remote control transmitter in a first axis direction and a second axis direction based on an amplitude correlation of output signals; and a cursor control unit that controls the position of the cursor based on the displacement of the remote control transmitter in the first axis direction and the displacement of the remote control transmitter in the second axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Fumihiko Aoki, Kohji Hisakawa
  • Publication number: 20060118706
    Abstract: A remote control device provided with a means for receiving light from a light-emitting element 21 at a light-receiving element 3 and detecting from a signal thereof a movement amount of a mark 16 on a screen 2a of a display device 2 so as to cause movement of the mark such as a pointer on the screen of the display device in response to a movement amount of a light emission point H of the light-emitting element, wherein the light-receiving element is provided with a semiconductor position detection element, and moreover, is configured to be capable of detecting movement of the light emission point in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, and causes the mark on the screen of the display device to move due to the signal from the light-receiving element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohji Hisakawa, Kohji Yoshifusa, Kazuhiko Matsumura, Hajime Kashida, Fumihiko Aoki
  • Publication number: 20060120726
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the present invention, a remote control device is provided with an optical indicator device and a light-receiving device. A display device is provided with a display portion that displays a pointer and a frame portion that accommodates the light-receiving device. By displacing a light-emitting element sequencially to a plurality of displacement positions, supplying a light emission signal to the light-emitting element at each displacement position and to cause the light-emitting element to emit as output a position detection light signal, then sequencially detecting light-reception signals that are received as input by a position detection light-receiving element of the light-receiving device, and performing arithmetic processing as appropriate on the detected light-reception signals, a displacement state of a reference axis displacement angle is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohji Yoshifusa, Kohji Hisakawa, Kazuhiko Matsumura, Hajime Kashida, Fumihiko Aoki
  • Publication number: 20060114119
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the present invention, a remote control device is provided with an optical indicator device and a light-receiving device, and a display device accommodates the light-receiving device of the remote control device, wherein the optical indicator device emits as output a position detection light signal and a function control light signal, these being transmitted to the light-receiving device. The light-receiving device is provided with a position detection light-receiving element, which is for receiving as input the position detection light signal, and a function control light-receiving element, which is for receiving as input the function control light signal. When the optical indicator device moves, the position detection light signal (light-reception signal), which is received as input by the position detection light-receiving element, tracks the movement thereof and changes accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Matsumura, Kohji Yoshifusa, Kohji Hisakawa, Hajime Kashida, Fumihiko Aoki
  • Publication number: 20060020216
    Abstract: A portable-type health management terminal 100 provided with a communication function and a management device 200 installed in a health management center are connected via a communication network N, wherein the health management terminal 100 is provided with a sensing unit that can sense medical information or an input device into which information about a state of health can be input, wherein the state of health is identified based on the information obtained from the sensing unit or the input device, and wherein these pieces of information are stored in a storage device, and are transmitted to the management device 200 through a communication module. The management device 200 stores the information that is received in a storage device 210, and manages the change in an individual's state of health based on the information that is stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oishi, Hirotaka Kotsuji, Shinichi Higuchi, Fumihiko Aoki
  • Publication number: 20050068009
    Abstract: A power supply system capable of supplying power from a power transmitter to a power receiver in an electrically non-contact manner, in which a power transmission module is attached to the power transmitter and a power reception module is attached to the power receiver. The power transmission module has a plurality of transmission-side coils for transmitting power and a plurality of transmission-side switches for turning on/off operation of the transmission-side coils. The power reception module has a plurality of reception-side coils for receiving power, a plurality of reception-side switches for turning on/off operation of the reception-side coils and, further, has a determination circuit for performing control so as to operate any of the transmission-side coils and any of the reception-side coils in a combination realizing highest power transmission efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Fumihiko Aoki
  • Publication number: 20030192055
    Abstract: An access point includes a gateway enabling an internet connection, a settop box selecting and outputting a video signal and an audio signal from a plurality of tuners respectively receiving broadcastings corresponding to a request signal, and an AV/LAN radio transmission module having an AV communication module for transmitting and receiving a video signal and an audio signal by wireless, a radio LAN transmission and reception module performing transmission and reception, and transmission and reception antenna, and local area radio communication and communication for a plurality of AV signal distributions are performed in frequency bands that are not overlapping one another. Therefore, a radio LAN such as the internet as well as broadcasting contents distribution can be provided to a mobile information terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Fumihiko Aoki, Kazuya Oyama